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nights are for walking, NOT sleeping...

Date walked: 31/05/2014

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Sgurr na stri - that name, its just rolls off the tongue like some fancy tasty french wine - full bodied and darn great views...when the sun finally reveals itself, which eventually it did slithering its way upwards very slowly behind bla beinn as I waited patiently I might add while freezing my cackers off.

The plan was to try and capture "the range" during sunrise. Ye I know, a bad time of year to try that when the best time happens to be when even sgurr na stri would undoubtedly be upto its breeches in thick snow. So this was more of a recce and just as well I did: the track leading to the bothy is Ok, could do with smoothing out abit especially of the stones that like to shoot out from under you the second you've placed your weight on it - very annoying at night time. The track/trail what ever you may call it up stri slopes, was to say the least - missing, someone has gone and nicked it, and I would of seen it if it was their as the sun (or rather light from it) never really completely disappeared below the horizon giving more light then is available on full moon nights. Then again it could just be that everybody does what I did and follow the deer trails.

Bits of titbits - I found the best place to take the pan was not the summit but north west of it on the last outcrop before the drop down to the loch. Plus if like me you've never driven the road to elgol at night, the heaps of white stones that you suddenly see appear are not actually stones, they are sheep. Lord knows why they decide to bed down by and on the road but some even refused to move as I drove out.

Now for the pictures

bla beinn from stri

looking down into the busy cullions port

A look back on my way out at the two bothies ( I presume they are both bothies?)